Computer Corner

Real-world Computer and Internet Access issues are addressed here.

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My Buzz Feed

10 Feb 2010

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All the Buzz about Google

10 Feb 2010

Everybody in the computing world is talking about it, and most are playing with it... but what about the general public? Google Buzz is integrated ...

Windows 7 Upgrade from XP

06 Feb 2010

I have just completed my upgrade from Windows XP (tablet edition) to Windows 7, having bought the boxed product for £65 from Amazon [

Death Knell For IE6

02 Feb 2010

The Microsoft web browser loathed by web developers everywhere, Internet Explorer 6, is now going to lose Google's support. Here is a quote ...

Media Temple Proactive Against DoS

Web Programming 22 Jan 2010

I have some mixed opinions of Media Temple tonight. On the one hand, I was completely unable to access swinny.net (IMAP/SSH/HTTP) or domains ...

Dell's 1.3kg Netbook

18 Jan 2010

This is an interesting little number - the DELL Inspiron Mini 10v Black Netbook being sold by Maplin for £230 (while stocks last). Product ...

Microsoft Security Essentials Problems

18 Jan 2010

I haven't heard much in the way of praise or criticism of Microsoft's security essential pack. It claims to provide "real-time protection for ...

Official: Worst Short URL Ever

16 Jan 2010

Whilst thinking about short URLs for work projects today, my brain managed to stumble on one for swinny.net which I thought was really neat at ...

Wireless Headset (Stereo)

11 Jan 2010

I've just ordered a Plantronics .Audio 995 Digital Wireless Stereo Headset from Amazon UK, although the Creative Labs HS-1200 Digital Wireless ...

High Performance Computing: A History

31 Dec 2009

Here's a recommendation from Amazon: As someone who has purchased or rated High Performance Web Sites: Essential Knowledge for Front-End Engineers ...

Google's Spooky Robots

Web Programming 31 Oct 2009

Google has enhanced their robots.txt file, in a hope of getting more treats and fewer tricks. Let's see if the kids do as they're told! Judging ...

Memcached and PHP

Web Programming 22 Oct 2009

There are plenty of resources out there on getting PHP and memcache to work together, and a basic installation and configuration should pose ...

UStream Disconnects with Facebook

02 Oct 2009

UStream is getting into a bit of a muddle with its facebook connect integration. They have a flash chat app which sits above everything else ...

Twitter Doing Debug?

24 Sep 2009

Am I seeing things? Or missing something? There's what looks like debug output sat at the top of the timeline right now. Hasn't anyone in ...

AVG Free Antivirus

22 Aug 2009

Here is the link to Grisoft's Free Antivirus software: AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition 8.5 (link updated 20 August 2009). The software does ...